Don't forget your BikeBiz Awards ticket
The BikeBiz Awards 2014 take place in two weeks, on the evening of Wednesday 24th September. This year taking place at the Crowne Plaza Birmingham NEC, just a stone’s throw from the NEC setting of...
View ArticleBioLogic releases handlebar mount case for the iPhone 6
BioLogic has released a WeatherCase handlebar-mounted case for the not-yet-available iPhone 6. The WeatherCase for iPhone 6 is available now with a version for the larger iPhone 6 Plus version to...
View ArticleScotland's Mountain Bike Conference draws global crowd
Delegates from Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Switzerland, Northern Ireland, Wales and England are among those signing up for the Internation Edition of the 2014 Scottish Mountain Bike Conference -...
View ArticleFemale-only Breeze rides debut in Wales this autumn
Welsh Cycling has revealed that Breeze is coming to Wales this autumn. Funded in partnership by Sport Wales and British Cycling, it will be run as a pilot in year one within Swansea, Cardiff, Newport...
View ArticleIn pictures: Halfords revamped store concept
Halfords is in the process of shaking up its 450-plus store portfolio, with some fairly radical changes being made for the huge retailer. It's another part of its company-wide revamp, following last...
View Article£300,000 lawsuit filed against bike shop following death
According to an article on The Daily Mail, Marlborough bike shop Acceler8 is being sued after it serviced the brakes of a bike hours before a fatal accident. The incident occurred two years ago, where...
View ArticleCycle Vision Preview: Bell, Giro, Magura and Camelbak
Zyro's Cycle Vision show will be placing the latest products and developments in the hands of retailers at two locations: 14th October 2014 – Tobacco Docks, London 16th October 2014 – International...
View ArticleRoads Were Not Built For Cars is instant sales success
When pre-orders for "Roads Were Not Built for Cars" went online late on Wednesday night every single £34.95 hardback had been sold by 7am the next morning. The book is a culmination of four years of...
View Article'Cycling isn't mainstream enough yet'
Actsmart has been speculating on whether UK-set cycle events have boosted bike sales in the UK, where the cycle market generates an estimated £2bn in annual retail sales. The ACT said on the topic:...
View Article'Cycling is a discriminatory form of transport'
Birmingham is one of the UK's cities in receipt of Department for Transport money to improve cycling facilities (£17m). Local Councillor Deirdre Alden has taken issue with the funding (which was...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland fleshes out mountain bike ambitions
Northern Ireland has just launched a ten year strategy for mountain biking with one key aim – to raise NI’s profile as a world class mountain biking destination. Benefiting the local economy to the...
View ArticleCamelBak has your, er, back with the K.U.D.U. pack
First seen at Bike PressCamp earlier in the summer, Camelbak’s K.U.D.U. is a hydration, protection and cargo backpack. K.U.D.U. stands for Kinetic Ultimate Dampening Unit. The pack incorporates...
View ArticleBike Shop Profile: CJ Performance Cycles
How’s business? We’ve been exceptionally busy this year, the uptake in cycling, especially in ladies cycling, has been far better than we expected and our expectations were already very high. I think...
View ArticleUSE: 'Germany has had a strange year with lighting regulation changes'
How’s business? Growing healthily. Since the launch of Exposure Lights nearly a decade ago the company has gone through a number of major transitions. In the last four years the need for space has...
View ArticleE-bikes are easing the cargo bike load
While they’re still relatively thin on the ground here in the UK, Eurobike had a sizable selection of cargo bikes on show, a category for which the electric drive is particularly well suited, with...
View ArticleSMS INC: 'The cycle industry is hungry for reliable robust data'
Can you give us some background to SMS INC? You are already well established in other markets…Sports Marketing Surveys is an experienced sports research business – and we work only on sport and...
View ArticleRide the boards with the Bicycle Association
Whether you've got track accreditation or not, you're welcome to join fellow industry riders on the Bicycle Association track day, on Monday September 15th at the National Cycling Centre in...
View ArticleApple Watch aims to make people move more
With an inbuilt heartbeat sensor, an altimeter, an accelerator to gauge speed, and taptic wrist buzzes that could alert cyclists to turn left or right in cycle satnav apps, the new Apple Watch could...
View ArticleVelopresso coffee trike now available commercially
The Velopresso is a pedal-powered all-in-one espresso machine, trike and coffee bean grinder. It was produced as graduation project by Amos Field Reid and Lasse Oiva, design students from the Royal...
View ArticleDavina McCall to draw the crowds at Cycle Show 2014
Household name Davina McCall will open The Cycle Show at the NEC Birmingham on Saturday September 27tth at 09.30. A guest at the show of Beacon Bikes, McCall rode a gruelling 450 miles from Edinburgh...
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